Midfielder.

Chapter 295

Mourinho is a cunning guy. This is the consensus of all the coaches in the Premier League. Since the beginning of this season, I don't know how many coaches have been fooled by this guy, including old guys like Ferguson and Wenger.

Of course, the crimes committed by this guy at Chelsea are not the worst. When he was in Porto, he was the one with countless sins. Many people said that he was the one who brought back Porto's Triple Crown, from Benfica and Sporting Lisbon. As far as the giants like Manchester United, they all fell into his conspiracy.

"That's an insidious guy. He often digs traps for others, and then waits for others to get in." This is Ferguson's evaluation of Mourinho, and the unlucky Scottish old man has played three times in Portugal People stumbled.

There are countless teams and coaches who have been overshadowed by Mourinho, but when he was in Chelsea, he seemed to be used to strangling each other with an overwhelming advantage. After all, if it is really better than the overall strength of the team, Chelsea It is indeed scarier than many teams.

So Mourinho has rarely used those conspiracies this season. Even in strong dialogues with Manchester United and Arsenal, he relies more on the hard power of the team to fight against opponents. The small tricks in Porto rarely appeared.

But this does not mean that he will not use these things, especially when life and death are at stake, this kind of cunning from the bone will always burst out, and he will become more insidious and terrifying.

The Dutchman was unlucky, for the fellow had always been a good man, but he had a cunning fox.

Rijkaard may have paid too much attention to Chelsea's superficial strength, and forgot that Mourinho is a ghostly fox. When he saw Thiago playing, he just thought Chelsea were starting to prepare The battle for control of the midfield was over, and nothing else was considered.

I don't know whether to say that the Dutchman is sincere or that his on-the-spot adaptability is not as good as Mourinho's. Anyway, he didn't notice the switch between Lin Yi and Lampard at the first time. He just told Deco And Albertini should pay attention to the marking of Lin Yi.

Perhaps as Mourinho predicted, on the basis of holding away goals, Barcelona's tactical arrangement is to firmly control the football.

Only by firmly controlling the football under the feet can the opponent take advantage of any opportunity to launch a counterattack. This has always been Barcelona's tactical thinking.

From Spain to Barcelona, ​​this idea of ​​possession first has already occupied the brains of the Spaniards. In their view, only by using beautiful footwork to control the game can the team win, even in offense. It's so delicate that it's scary.

This may be the stubborn side of the Spaniards, so every time they face those strong and aggressive teams in the World Series, they always have no advantage. Often their ball possession can reach more than 60%, but in the end They are still the ones who are eliminated.

Although this kind of lesson has been learned a lot, the idea of ​​relying on technology to rule everything has never been removed from their minds, especially the Barcelona team, from the La Masia youth training camp to the first team. famous players.

After the opening, they did not press the attack immediately, but began to rely on frequent short passes between each other in the midfield to carry out penetrating attacks.

Especially between Harvey and Iniesta, I especially want to find a breakthrough gap from the wing, because Ronaldinho is still active on the wing.

When the Chelsea team adjusted the back line to three, the Barcelona people wanted to open up the situation from Bridge's defensive gap. Compared with Carvalho and Terry, this guy's defensive skills are obviously worse, but Chelsea It seems that he is also guarding against this move.

They all obviously found that their free space on the field began to be gradually compressed by their opponents, especially the frequent retreats of Duff and Robben, which caused a lot of trouble for their passing, not to mention tearing apart Chelsea's defense. Now, it is difficult for them to gain a firm foothold in the midfield.

Although the two guys Robben and Duff are not so strong defensively, they still caused a lot of interference to Harvey and Iniesta in terms of physical confrontation, because their speed is really fast, even if they are beaten by the opponent. If you pass it, you can immediately go back to chase the interference.

What Mourinho wants is this kind of result. He does not pursue a one-hit-kill defense, but he wants to make Barcelona's midfield chaotic, unable to allow them to control the ball comfortably, and want to enter Barcelona's offensive rhythm?Sorry, this is not Camp Nou.

Just because this is not Camp Nou, and Collina is not Flix, the Italian bald man is not so strict about the body contact. After all, he is used to law enforcement in Italy. He thinks it is reasonable.

Although he also showed a yellow card to Robben after the start of the second half, but most of the time he was only a verbal warning, which caused many Barcelona players to protest with him. With a strong attack intent.

But a tough guy like Collina seldom listens to the nagging of the players. He just warned both sides to calm down, otherwise, his red and yellow cards are always ready. I don’t know how Mourinho Did you consider this when choosing him?

This kind of tight confrontation has had a great impact on Barcelona's ball possession tactics. Although Xavi and Iniesta rarely let the football under their feet be taken away by their opponents, the sudden increase in defensive intensity still requires them to deal with it carefully. , so that their support for offense becomes very little.

Barcelona's shot in the second half turned out to be a half-high ball sent to Eto'o by Ronaldinho after he retreated to the center circle to take the ball. The Cameroon striker completed the high ball under very awkward circumstances. Difficult volley.

Of course, the effect of Eto'o's shot in such an awkward posture can also be imagined. According to Lineker's words, "That football player can already talk to Martians." But this turned out to be the second half of the game 5 minutes after the start, Barcelona's first kick.

"Steady, control your emotions!" Rijkaard has not known how many times he shouted from the players on the sidelines since the start of the second half.

Because even he himself felt that his midfield was gradually being occupied by his opponents, because Deco and Albertini were mainly focused on defense. Tower offers any help.

Many of Barcelona's offenses now rely on Ronaldinho to retreat to get the ball to form an offensive, but the Brazilian's excessive retreat has reduced the pressure on Chelsea's defense, especially Chelsea, which has transformed into a three-back The defense is fully capable of handling it.

Only Eto'o's guerrilla can cause them a little trouble, but Terry's fierce steals make it impossible for the Cameroonians to take advantage of direct confrontation, and Bridge's side rarely faces threats. Iniesta Everyone was involved in the midfield.

This is not the most troublesome thing. After getting off work, Rijkaard obviously felt that Ronaldinho's activities were restricted by Chelsea. Makelele followed him almost every step of the way, even if Ronaldinho Ao retreated to the midfield, and the Frenchman followed closely.

Makelele's thinking is like a plaster stuck to Ronaldinho's body. It is impossible to get rid of him. Barcelona's offensive suddenly fell into a sluggish state of interruption, which is why, The core of their offense was marked to death by their opponents.

Rijkaard is now playing the role until Thiago played. That guy is not an organizer at all. He is now occupying Makelele's defensive position, adding an insurance for the back line, and then completely liberating Makelele. Haunting Ronaldinho.

Defensive like brown sugar, look at the posture, the Frenchman is going to pester Ronaldinho until this guy is off the field, Rijkaard may not know, Mourinho's request to Makelele is , "Even if the Brazilian got into the locker room, you have to watch me! Unless the game is over, otherwise you are not allowed to leave that guy. As long as you feel that there is danger, you can foul at will."

As long as he is not sent off by Collina, Mourinho gave Makelele the greatest degree of freedom, and must completely stare at the core of the Barcelona team.

Now this kind of marking has indeed brought great trouble to Barcelona. These guys who are used to penetrating through the opponent's defense, now really miss Maxi Lopez who is sitting on the bench, because without him The high point makes the game look very difficult.

Originally, during the halftime break, Rijkaard secretly rejoiced that Drogba was absent. When Chelsea was obviously about to attack, without the high point of the African elephant, their offense always felt a little bit worse. fierce.

Although Gudjohnsen also has a very powerful impact, his height and header advantage are still a little bit worse than Drogba.

Especially when used as a center forward, Gudjohnsen's ability to ferry and play the ball is weaker, and his finishing touches are not so sophisticated, except for the shot before the end of the first half In addition, he did not bring Puyol them too much trouble.

It was good news for Rijkaard that Chelsea lacked the main center forward, but now Chelsea's strong defense makes Barcelona have to face the embarrassment of striker adjustment.

If there is no high point to support the frontcourt, Barcelona's offense may really be extinct, and Rijkaard also seems hesitant at the moment.

Change?Or not?This is really a question, whether to give up the offense is a difficult choice for Barcelona now.

But Chelsea's powerful interception is not just to make the opponent's offense feel uncomfortable, they are planning to score.

That small knife that had been lurking for a long time should be revealed. . .

(National Derby tonight, did you watch it?)
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